Chapter 858: Black Blade

A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 6: Spirit Treasures

To Han Li's surprise, the Demon Soul didn't get angry upon hearing this. Instead, its pair of silvery-white eyes suddenly narrowed. Its gaze swept over the sword shadows, the purple firebird, and the Blood Demon Sword in front of Han Li several times before gradually turning cold.

Han Li, on his part, stared back coldly without a word. The Wind-Thunder Wings slowly emerged from his back, and spiritual power began to rapidly circulate within his body.

Just then, a huge explosion echoed from a distance. Both Han Li and the Demon Soul couldn't help but glance over, momentarily stunned.

They saw light flashing there as several light clusters of various colors broke out from within the black energy shield. The shield disintegrated in an instant, revealing the true forms of the three demonic treasures: a circular ring, a small sword, and a magical banner. However, their demonic light was dim, suggesting they were significantly damaged.

While the Demon Soul was fully focused on dealing with Han Li, it had momentarily overlooked and underestimated the three elders, including Elder Yin.

Although all three of them were only early Nascent Soul cultivators, they were all seasoned in combat. They had somehow utilized a secret technique, and in a short time, they had collectively broken the restriction trapping their treasures.

However, they had just witnessed the Demon Soul's elusive and bizarre movement technique. Shocked, they naturally wouldn't actively approach Han Li's side again. Instead, they commanded a few magic treasures to attack the Demon Soul from a distance, hoping to create some distraction or restraint.

The three of them clearly understood that Han Li was the main force against this demonic creature. If Han Li were to fall, they would certainly not fare any better.

That these three could lend a hand at this moment naturally delighted Han Li. If they could buy him enough time to set up his sword formation, that would be even better.

Thinking this, Han Li couldn't help but glance at the Demon Soul opposite him.

The Demon Soul watched the treasures flying towards it, then glanced at Han Li again. With a slight movement of its fiendish head's eyes, it suddenly let out a sinister chuckle, and its figure moved.

After a blur of afterimages, the demon suddenly vanished from its spot.

Han Li's heart stirred upon seeing this. He quickly scanned with his spiritual eyes and immediately looked surprised.

"This is bad! Be careful!" Han Li shouted loudly. Without time to say more, he urged his spiritual sense. The giant turtle puppets, scattered around, raised their necks, and blue light beams continuously shot out, surprisingly targeting the area around Elder Yin and his companions.

Elder Yin and True Person Tianjing, along with their companion, were incredibly experienced. Han Li's brief warning, coupled with having just witnessed the Demon Soul's strange evasion technique, made them immediately realize that the demonic creature had suddenly abandoned Han Li and was now coming for them.

As for the three of them, in their horror, they could only groan inwardly.

After Han Li displayed numerous techniques, especially after bringing out the Blood Demon Sword, the Demon Soul realized it couldn't defeat him quickly. With Elder Yin and the other two now harassing it from the side, things became even more troublesome. Therefore, the demon immediately changed its mind, intending to first eliminate the troublesome individuals, and then deal with the isolated Han Li.

Over a dozen thick light beams exploded one by one around the three Nascent Soul cultivators, scattering an expanse of icy mist.

A black shadow flickered, and the Demon Soul appeared in a certain spot, only about ten-odd zhang away from True Person Tianjing and his two companions.

Even though Elder Yin and the others were mentally prepared, they were still shocked by the Demon Soul's incredible evasion speed, their expressions changing.

Fortunately, the three of them also seemed to be extremely skilled in cooperation. Immediately, Senior Brother Cheng and the other elder raised both hands simultaneously. One shot out a large number of talismans from his hand, while the other released a fiery red fox from his sleeve. Meanwhile, True Person Tianjing formed a hand seal with both hands, and the two fiendish ghost puppets standing behind him simultaneously blurred. Along with the fiery fox, under the cover of the talismans, they simultaneously charged out of the protective shield.

As soon as the talismans flew out of the shield, they transformed into large, continuous fire clouds, roaring like a single entity. The fiery fox, with a leap, surprisingly merged into the fiery elemental energy in the air, disappearing instantly.

This was unexpectedly a rare spirit beast highly skilled in fire escape techniques.

The Demon Soul watched as the two formidable fiendish ghost puppets lunged at it, but its four hands, expressionless, rubbed together in pairs.

A burst of ear-piercing shrieks erupted from its palms, followed by loud "chi chi" sounds of tearing air. Two dazzling black glows appeared between its palms.

Its four hands then gripped, forming fists, and surprisingly split the two black glowing masses into four parts in mid-air. Each of the four hands grasped one mass, and it shook its arms.

Black light flared, and four strange black glowing blades appeared in its palms.

These glowing blades weren't very long, only about two feet in length. They were slightly curved from tip to base, resembling ox-horn knives. What was strange, however, was that the entire blade continuously vibrated slightly, even distorting the surrounding space. The piercing hum never ceased. It was truly incredible!

What went unnoticed was that the moment these strange black blades formed, the human-faced head behind the Demon Soul's main body twitched in pain, and its face immediately turned extremely pale. It seemed as if a significant portion of its vital essence had been drained. However, the fiendish head in front grew even fiercer in expression. With a shake of its four strange glowing blades, a "whoosh" sound was heard, and its figure shot out like a powerful crossbow bolt towards a pale green fiendish ghost puppet.

The puppet naturally knew no fear. Without hesitation, it opened its mouth, and a large stream of gray Yin energy directly sprayed out, transforming into a sweeping wave of mist. Simultaneously, it raised both hands, and blue light flickered. Ten chilling threads shot out from its fingertips, instantly disappearing into the Yin energy.

The other crimson puppet, after spraying out Yin energy, had its hands flicker with red light, and a crimson light whip shot out from its hand.

At this moment, the fire clouds overhead also surged and enveloped the Demon Soul.

For a moment, the charging Demon Soul was caught in a three-pronged pincer attack.

The Demon Soul, expressionless, lightly waved its four strange blades. Immediately, four crescent-shaped blade energies shot out, crossing in mid-air, and, amidst piercing shrieks, transformed into two giant black crosses, striking directly at the two puppets.

But because of this, the Demon Soul's body paused slightly. Seizing this opportunity, a giant flame claw several feet in size suddenly swooped down from the clouds. Its five long, scythe-like sharp claws plunged directly towards the fiendish head's crown.

The blue chilling threads and the crimson light whip also flashed out from the Yin energy, shooting towards the Demon Soul's body.

The Demon Soul moved its four arms. The glowing blades instantly blurred, stirring up layers of light waves, and then transformed into a huge black glowing orb, rolling and surging. As soon as the blue threads and light whip touched this orb, they immediately let out a mournful cry and were sucked inside. In an instant, the blue and red lights exploded, and the chilling threads and light whip were pulverized.

As this scene unfolded, the giant flame claw, which had been grabbing towards the orb, suddenly paused in fright, then tried to retract with lightning speed.

But it was clearly too late. A crescent-shaped black glow flashed past, and the giant claw instantly exploded into flesh and blood, falling to the ground.

A mournful shriek came from the fire cloud in the sky.

A cruel expression flickered across the Demon Soul's face. Its long purple tongue licked a few drops of fox blood from its cheek. After a low growl, its figure suddenly vanished from its spot, only to reappear the next moment at the center of the fire cloud.

The fire cloud churned violently, and several bloody remnants of the fiery fox fell from the sky.

The scene of the Demon Soul instantly slaying the fiery fox left the three individuals inside the shield gaping. The unfamiliar Nascent Soul elder, who owned the fiery fox, looked even more heartbroken.

After a strange smile, the Demon Soul's figure vanished once more.

A black glow suddenly flickered within the gray Yin energy, followed by two thunderous roars that echoed one after another.

True Person Tianjing, who was personally controlling the puppets, instantly turned deathly pale. Then, without thinking, he flicked his sleeve, and a violent gust of wind suddenly erupted within the Yin energy. The mist was immediately blown away completely. On the spot, besides the remnants of two puppets that had been chopped into several pieces, there was no trace of the Demon Soul.

At this point, even True Person Tianjing no longer cared about the heartbreak of his destroyed puppets. The three of them frantically glanced around, trembling with fear, and one by one, they began retrieving other treasures from their storage bags.

A spatial anomaly occurred somewhere nearby, and a black giant peak, dozens of zhang tall, suddenly emerged, then ruthlessly pressed down. It was Han Li, seeing the critical situation, who directly moved the ancient treasure, the Thousandfold Peak, from his hand to near the shield, temporarily lending the three of them a hand.

However, before the peak could even descend, black light suddenly flickered in the previously empty spot, and the Demon Soul appeared there, its face full of cold intent.

All four of its arms lifted into the air simultaneously, and the four glowing blades instantly converged into one, forming a giant black blade about ten feet long. From the blade, thunderous roars similar to thunder emanated.

The Demon Soul held the blade with both hands and, without hesitation, aimed at the base of the black mountain peak, slashing down with one strike.

A dark, narrow blade energy silently shot out from the blade.

Dazzling light erupted from the base of the peak, and the entire mountain body trembled violently. Starting from the middle, a smooth, mirror-like crack appeared inch by inch. The black mountain peak was actually forcibly cut into two halves by this single strike.

Then, the two halves of the peak shifted slightly and fell straight to the ground.

The Demon Soul didn't delay at all. It raised the giant black blade with both hands once more, glanced at the five or six layers of protective shields around the three cultivators, and a malicious expression appeared on its face. With a flick of its hands, a similarly dark and sinister blade energy slashed towards the opposing shields.

Elder Yin, True Person Tianjing, and the others instantly turned pale.

Although they didn't believe that the current layers of light shields could truly withstand such a powerful attack, after exchanging horrified glances, spiritual light flickered around them almost simultaneously. They instantly transformed into three streaks of astonishing light, flying out of the light shields in a flash, and streaking away in three different directions.

Among them, Elder Yin directly flew towards Han Li's side, while True Person Tianjing and the other elder tore through the air towards Wei Wuya.

Han Li, who was also startled by the Demon Soul's strike from afar, inwardly cried out "not good" upon seeing the trio's actions.

With the Demon Soul's terrifying evasion speed, the three of them separating like this would surely lead to more peril than fortune.

However, he was currently busy seizing this opportune moment to set up the final steps of the Grand Geng Sword Formation, and was utterly unable to personally fly over to rescue them.

He could only rapidly cast a series of incantations all around him, while simultaneously, under his spiritual sense's control, the dozen or so giant turtles simultaneously shot out ice cones from their backs. Han Li didn't expect this attack to injure the opponent now; he only hoped it could slightly hinder the Demon Soul's movements, allowing Elder Yin and the other two to escape with their lives.